What could be the exact symptom of falling in love..??

There are a lot of symptoms when you fall in love. You tend to care for one particular person more than it was required. You tend to spend most of your time with that person. You would never like to see that person with someone else, its kinda suffocating for you.

But, apart from all these symptoms, there's one different symptom, a feeling, which you would feel when you fall for someone.

Peace..

That's the exact feeling you would feel when you're with your love. As if you're protected, as if you're not in need of anymore love, as if you don't need anyone else to take care of you..

And at last, you confess that..

Yes, I'm in love..

But, that doesn't mean everyone falls in love only for peace, it's just a side dish that you get when you're hungry for love..

Let's see will Nandini Manik Malhotra realizes her feelings or not..!!

In the haunted Palace

The atmosphere wasn't so pleasant. After all, you're somewhere it's haunted by ghost, oops, I mean Relationship Granny..!!

But, for someones, it's magical from haunted, of course, one soul was Abhimanyu who was gladly clutching onto his lady love' hand who happens to be so scared by the ghost while the other soul was Arijit Sinha..

Oh the exact thing that happened with him was..

Mrunal, in fear has clutched his hand which wasn't known to herself. Poor girl, was getting scared for the first time in the entire life. You can't blame her, this is the first time she's meeting a ghost..!!

While, with Manik and Nandini, he was pretty much, scared and she was pretty much, confused..

Confused..er, why so..??

Nandini: Oh teri ki..ye tho..Relationship granny nahi hai..balki yeh koi..

Mrunal: Relationship Grandpa lag rahe hai..

Nandini shot a glare to Mrunal..

Nandini: Miss khooni, FYI, Grandpa is referred to Mr. Raj Malhotra. Wo naam kisi aur ko dene keliye allow hi nahi karoongi mein..

Shravan: Pehli baar ek bahu ko apne father-in-law keliye possessive hothe hue dekha mene, ajeeb si bathein ho rahe hai iss dunya mein..

" Shut up, Shravan " said the rest in unison and he zipped his mouth..

Nandini: Oh hello, Mr. Black and White-haired Nanny..Aap yaha kya kar rahe hai, ye tho Relationship Granny ke ghar hai na..

Manik, pulled her back to where he was standing as she was about to move ahead..

Manik: Are you crazy..?? Tumhe patha hai tum kisse bath kar rahi ho..??

Nandini: Ye jaanne keliye tho poocha mene inse..

The old man, who was having black and white hair, moved forward while glaring at them dangerously and here everyone started to move back and at last, they reached till the main entrance door, which was unfortunately closed..

Mukti: Uh..Bhabi, mujhe darr lag rahi hai..aap kuch karo na..

Mukti whispered to Nandini, who was standing to the other side of Manik..

Manik: Teri Bhabi kya kar sakthi hai ismein..

Mukti: Arey Bhai, ab bhooth ko doondke yaha aane ka courage tho Bhabi aur Mrunal di ne uthaya tho mein unse hi help mangoogi na..Bhabi, please kuch karo..

Nandini: Ask your brother to leave my hand, first..

Nandini showed the hand which wad in Manik's grip. Mukti glared at her brother who was by now, chanting prayers..

Mukti: Bhai, leave her hand..

Manik: Kyu..

Nandini ( sarcastically ): I had to punch you for being a jerk..

Manik glared at her, she ignored it and took her hand back from his grip. And by now, the man was close enough to speak on their faces..

Mrunal: Oh hello, thoda peeche jao, I'm single but that doesn't mean, you can hit on me oldy..

The man gave her a confused glare, seems like his eyes know only to glare..!!

Nandini: Abey kya ghoor rahe hai aise, kaha na usne she's not interested in you. Phir bhi ghoor rahe hai, mere jeeju tum jaise koi black and white-haired nanny nahi hoga..Peeche hatt..

She literally pushed him backwards and he glared again..

Mukti ( whispered ): Lagtha hay ye mute hai, Bhabi..

Nandini: Dikhne mein tho mute nahi lagthe..

Shravan: Bhabi, agar wo mute hai tho uske pocket se iss door ki chabi nikalo, wo chillake kisiko bhula tho nahi sakthe na..

Cabir: Abey duffer, agar chillaya tho koi aega phir hame yaha se nikal sakthe na..

Arijit: Shut up guys. Situation kaafi serious hai..

Nandini, moved towards the man and started searching his pocket, ignoring Manik's protests..

Nandini ( annoyed ): Chabi kaha hai Nanny..

" Yaha hai.." they turned to the voice and found a lady who was in the air with golden wings on her either sides making them to widen their eyes..

MruNi: Relationship Granny....??!!!!

They, started jumping in their places and ran towards the lady while others palmed their faces..

Abhimayu: Aaj thak mene koi bhi ladki ko bhooth se milne keliye ithne excited nahi dekha..

Manik: God..Lilliput..come back here right away..

But, she wasn't even listening to him. She reached to the lady and stared checking her out..

Nandini ( frowned ): Aap bhooth kaise bann sakthe hai..Na chehra pe koi scars, na red eyes, na fangs..yaar aise bhi bhooth hai kya..

Mrunal ( scratched her chin ): Wahi tho..aap bilkul bhi scary nahi lag rahi ho..

" Heeheheheeeheeeee " the lady started laughing and this time the girls were simply staring at each other with " seriously " looks..

Lady ( smirked ): Don't I look scary now..??

Nandini ( scowled ): You call this scary..?? I call this crazy..!!

The lady jumped in her place getting scared and Mrunal chuckled..

Mrunal: Mathlab ye witch ek bhooth ko bhi dara diya..

Lady ( shouted ): Whattttt..!! She's a witch..

Nandini glared at the lady while Mrunal too was no less..

Mrunal: Dare you call her witch, that's my right..

Lady got scared again..

Nandini: Sahi tho poocha humne..konse angle see aap bhooth lagthe hai..humse dar rahe hai aap..Grumpy coffee bhi aapko dara sakthe phir..arey, abhi tho yaad aaya..kaha gaye baaki sab..

The girls turned to the rest who were staring at the drama going on intently. Nandini grinned and moved towards Manik and held his arm..

Nandini: Chalo grumpy coffee, let's bid bye to your fear..

Manik: What do you mean by that..aur tum kaha le jaa rahe ho mujhe..

He stood rooted to his place while she tried to drag him..

Nandini: Offo Grumpy coffee, Relationship granny mujhse darthe hai tho obviously tumhe darne ke kya zaroorath hai..

Cabir: According to me zaroorath hai, Bhai bhi tho aapse darthe hai..

Manik: Shut up, Cabir..And Lilliput, mein nahi aa raha hoon..

Nandini: No..you'll come with me..

Manik: No, I won't..

Nandini ( narrowed her eyebrows ): Is that so..??

Manik: Yes..

Nandini: Fine, then I'll break my promise, I'll go to that person who's kept his eyes on something that belongs to you..

Manik scowled at her..

Manik: You wouldn't go to that chipku..

Nandini: I will, if you don't come with me to meet Relationship granny..

Manik: Ugh....fine..I'm coming..

She grinned and pulled his cheeks..

Nandini: Such a cutie..chalo, aur baaki sab bhi aaja..don't worry, wo bohath achi hai..aur saath saath bohath dari hui bhi..chalo chalo..

She dragged everyone with her and got to see Mrunal sitting on the ground with the lady sitting in air making the rest to gulp while Nandini stared at her dumbfounded..

Nandini: Wow....you look fantabulous..

She sat beside Mrunal and Manik, immediately sat on the other side of Nandini while clutching her hand. The rest occupied their paces behind them and held each other's hand in fear..

Shravan ( whispered ): Cabir, agar mein marr gaya tho mera ek kaam karna..

Cabir: Tu marega tho mein bhi mar jaoonga na..

Shravan: Hayee, tujhe mujhse ithna pyar hai..

Cabir: Kaha ke pyar..agar tujh jaise little boy ko ye bhoothni maaregi tho mere jaise 23 years old, handsome ladke ko kaha chod sakthe hai..

Shravan glared at him..

Shravan: Forget it, par mere ye kaam zaroor karna, mene ek love letter likha tha ek ladki ko dene keliye par ho nahi paaya, jaise mein mar jaoonga na, tum mere lash ko lekar jaa uske paas, sath mein love letter bhi dhe, kam se kam usse mere athma se tho pyar hojaega na..

Cabir gave him " oh, I should have guessed it " look and concentrated in Relationship Granny..

Nandini: Relationship Granny..ye Nanny yaha kya kar rahe hai, bohath bure badhboo aa rahe hai..Don't you take bath, dude..

Mrunal: Ew..such a unhygienic soul, you're..

Mukti: Arey mrunal di, he's dead right, then how can he have a soul..??

Mrunal: Oh, that's a point..

Lady: Who said, he's dead..??

Mukti, jumped back hearing her, while Manik, for the first time glared at that lady..

Manik: Oh hello, Miss whatever granny, how dare you shout at my sister..?? Next time, you shout at my sister, I'll dig your grave and take your skeleton out of it..

Lady got scared again and this time, her eyes got welled up in tears and she started crying loud which made them to shut their mouth and look at her in shock..

And seeing the lady crying, the man got up and took a sword and swished it in the air scaring them..

Man: How dare you hurt our Queen..??

Their jaws dropped down in shock..

Nandini: So, you weren't mute..

Mrunal: Mahn, you're not just unhygienic but a very good actor too..

The lady's cried got louder which now irritated them..

Nandini: Yarrr...shut up, Granny..

The lady zipped her mouth and others sighed in relief..

Nandini: Okay now, let's forget the tiffs and be friends.

Mrunal: I'm in for it. According to Psychology, one find happiness when he learns to forgive. We're forgiving you for shouting at Mukti and crying like a zombie, so its your turn to mend your mistakes..Come on, apologize Granny..

Arijit ( whispered ): Cabir, sach sach batha, kaha se mila ye dhono antique pieces..

Cabir: Jaha se bhi hai, aapke ghar se nahi, waha ithna entertaining pieces nahi mil saktha na..

Abhi: Shut up guys, be practical. Hum yaha ek ghost ke samne hai aur tum logonko ladna hai..

Manik: Um, Lilliput, why don't we ask her to give the keys, hum ghar jaa sakthe na, mujhe bohath neend aa rahe hai..

He faked a yawn but she closed his mouth..

Nandini: Nahi, tumhe neend nahi aa rahe hai, agar tumhe neend aa rahe hai tho tum extra grumpy hojathe hai par ab mujhse bohath sweetly bath kar rahe hai, so don't fake these yawns..

He made a bad face and looked at the lady who was looking at them with her scrutinizing gaze..

Nandini: Okay, so granny, what's say..friends..

The lady forwarded her hand gladly and Nandini and Mrunal shook it while the rest could only gape at them..

Only MruNi can make friendship with ghosts..!!

Mrunal: I'm mrunal..

Nandini: And, I'm Nandini..We both are bffs, aur ye hai Grumpy coffee, my husband and this is Cabir Bhai, Abhi Bhai, Arijit Bhai, Shravan and choti..our family..

Cabir: Bechara Bhai, ghost ke samne bhi izzat nahi hai, apna naam permanent kiya hai Lilliput ne..

The guys and Mukti giggled to it but Manik glared at them..

Lady: And I'm, Queen Liza Mary Federik Quick Patterson..!!

The rest looked at her with widened eyes..

Shravan: Oh wow, par ye sab kaun hai..??

Queen: What do you mean..???

Shravan: Oh you don't understand Hindi..?? I meant, who all are these..some Lizard and Fevi quick..?!

Queen: What the f***.. I was saying my name..Queen Liza Mary Federik Quick Patterson..

Seems like that word is so famous even among the ghosts..!!

Cabir: Wow..such a lambhi name, its longer than even Manik Bhai's height..I really liked it..!!

Nandini: Arey but, why are you so much of English, even your name..?

Queen: Oh, I'm half English. My stepfather is English while Mom is Hindi..

Mrunal ( frowned ): What the..!! Why would you even use anything related to your step-father..?? What happened to your father..??

Queen ( sniffed ): He was killed by my mother..

They gasped hearing her..

Nandini: Whattt..?? Why would she even think of murdering him..??

Queen: After getting pregnant, she got to know that he was bisexual and was cheating on her, she couldn't bear that her lover wasn't straight, so she killed him..

Manik ( muttered ): May his soul rest in peace, finally..!!

Nandini ( sighed ): Poor mamma granny..!! How about you..?? We've heard that you committed suicide..why did you do it..??

Queen started wailing again much to others' irritation..

Queen: I loved him a lot and he too loved me a lot but then..one day, I saw him kissing a girl and I..I..I...

Mukti took her napkin out and wiped her nose..

Mukti: Poor granny..!! That stupid cheated on her..

She started sniffing and the boys gave a disbelieving look to her..

Mrunal: What happened then..

Queen: I slept with his best friend..

" What the f*** " the girls cursed and this time Mukti stopped crying in shock..

Nandini: You slept with his best friend..yuck..you thought of cheating on him just because he cheated on you..you shouldn't do the same that he did, what's the difference between you two, then..

Queen: No, I slept with his best friend so that I could lose my virginity before losing my life. I had cancer and I was going to live only for few more days, I didn't want to lose it with my boyfriend who happened to love some other woman..

This time, both Nandini and Mrunal felt pity for the lady and muttered " God bless you " and Mukti started to shed tears again..

While the boys wanted to bang their heads somewhere after listening to her story..

Shravan: Seriously, she was in relationship till she turned 50 and guess what, she was still a virgin. Why did God create this unique granny..?!!

Nandini: Bechare aap..but then, who's this..

She pointed at the man, who was now staring at nowhere with his ever famous glare..

Queen: He's the watchman who used to guard my palace after my death, I wanted a company so I strangled him..

The rest gaped at her..

Mrunal: You said, he wasn't dead..

Queen: Oh yes, he wasn't dead, but he was strangled..by me..so, practically you can't call him dead..

The boys gulped while the girls were just finding everything nuisance..

Manik: Lilliput..let's go..Ask her to give the key..

Nandini: Arey par..

He showed his puppy eyes to her and she melted in it and nodded making him happy..

Nandini: Granny, we're sleepy..can you give the keys so that we can open the door..

Queen: What..?? You're going..No way, I won't let you to go. None goes once they enter inside..

Manik ( gulped ): What..??

Queen: Yes, its the Queen's command. Once you enter in my palace, then only your body will be returned..

The boys started to shed tears..

Cabir: Meri tho shadi hi nahi hui abi thak..

Mrunal: Ye kaise bath hui, granny, we need to go..we just came here to meet you..

Queen ( shouted ): I told you right, none can leave me alone in here..

Nandini: How come you're alone. You have a company, this black and white-haired Nanny is here to entertain you..

Queen: I said no, already..

Mukti ( meekly ): Bhabi......Bhai...

Mukti hid in Manik's chest, who himself was scared. Nandini and Mrunal looked at each other..

Nandini: Fine, then don't let us go..

" What " they said in unison while granny looked happiest..

Nandini: Arey, she isn't letting us go, we'll sit here and enjoy but then poor granny, her soul will be sent back to heaven..

Queen ( terrified ): What..??

Nandini: Yup, don't you know it..The ghost who murders more than one soul will be sent back to heaven as soon as she commit second murder. If you don't kill us, we'll die anyhow and then you'll be sent back to heaven..

The queen looked dead scared while others were thinking " such thing exist or not "..

Queen: But..but..haan, you guys are young, so it takes time for you guys to die..

She looked happy on realizing it..

Mrunal ( sadly ): Unfortunately, I'm diagnosed with "Velociratednaemici"..

" What " they shouted in shock..

Queen: Hang on..could you repeat..

Mrunal: Velociratednaemici..

Arijit ( hurt ): Really..

Nandini: Oh yeah, she is. She'll die within..haan, as per medical science, she'll die, exactly after 10 minutes..

Queen: What the f***...Then, what the hell are you doing here..?? Haider..get them out of here the next minute..

The man got up while Nandini too got up followed by the rest..

Nandini: No thanks, we can move out by using our own legs..it was so pleasure to meet you..

Mrunal: Yup..especially, just before I'm dying..

Queen was scared like hell that she literally started shouting..

Queen: It wasn't so pleasure, now get the hell out of here, especially you Velocira..ugh..whatever it is..

Mrunal: Velociratednaemici..

Queen: Shut the hell up..

That was it, everyone rushed towards the door and it got opened automatically, they ignored the magical feeling and got out of the palace and ran towards their farmhouse..

MruNi: Have a good night, Miss Relationship granny..

Nandini: And yeah, Mr. Black and White-haired Nanny too..

Right after 5 minutes, they were standing in front of their farmhouse's gate. Manik, pushed it open and ran inside the farmhouse ignoring the shocked look of watchman after seeing them running like they were some marathon champions..

Inside the Farmhouse

Cabir: That was....

Shravan: Unbelievable..

They both said once everyone were inside the living room of their farmhouse. After a minute, everyone started laughing out while holding onto their stomachs. Ironic it is, Manik would have never thought that he would be able to enjoy being himself again after his drastic past, he would have never thought at the moment when he was getting married to Nandini that she would become the reason of this laughter of his..!!

Unknowingly, Arijit's, Abhimanyu's, Shravan's, Cabir's and Mukti's gazes went up to Manik, who was laughing hard and then their gaze fell on the person, who was sole reason of it, Nandini Malhotra..

Arijit ( whispered ): Nandini's the one, for my buddy..!!

They agreed to him..

Mrunal: Damn, I'm missing that fun already..

Nandini nodded and then her gaze fell on Manik who was still laughing. She smiled seeing him laughing and she felt her heart dancing in joy just with his laugh..

Mukti: Chalo guys, let's get some sleep..Bhai, utho..

She made both her brothers to get up from the floor as they fell while laughing. Soon, everyone made their ways to their rooms..

Shravan: Waise Mrunal di..what was the name of that disease..

Mrunal: Velociratednaemici..

Cabir: Ye kaunsa disease hai..

Nandini: Created by MruNi to get away from boys whoever comes with marriage proposals for us..

Mukti ( giggled ): Really..I so loved it..

Mrunal: Of course, tum sab ne tho yakeen bhi kiya tha that I was diagnosed with it..

Abhi: You were damn good in acting, after all..

Nandini: Talent kehthe hain isse..chalo, room pohanch gaya..good night guys..

She moved inside after huigging Mukti and smacking Mrunal's head who did the same to her and moved towars her room..

Manik: Good night guys..

Cabir: A very good night..

Shravan: Yup, you got your Lilliput, after all..

He ignored them and got inside and slammed the door shut on their faces for which they made bad faces and moved away..

Inside the Besroom

Manik and Nandini were already on the bed to sleep. This time, Nandini was the first to sleep so he didn't get a chance to get close to her. She was dead tired that she ended up sleeping while hugging a pillow..

It was in the middle of the night, when Manik felt the curtains moving and he started gulping again like how he did back in the palace.

Manik: Lilliput..

He started poking her but she was in deep sleep. He moved to her and started tapping on her cheeks which irritated her. She pushed his hand away but he started tapping her hands to earn an ouch from her..

Manik: Lilliput.....

This time he shouted and she woke up in a jerk and sat up..

Nandini: Kya hua..kisko kya chahiye..

He pulled her on the bed and glared at her..

Manik: Mujhe thoda neend chahiye..

Nandini ( irritated ): Tum isliye mujhe neend se uthaya..

Manik: Nahi..wo..wo..curtain..hil rahe hai..

She narrowed her eyebrows at him to see him staring at the curtain with a lot of frown on his forehead and she understood it..

He was scared..

Nandini: Grumpy Coffee..wo curtain hai, koi anda nahi hai..

Manik ( glared ): Lilliput, I'm serious..

Nandini: Haa tho mein kaha mazak kar rahi hoon..Ab, tum sojao, Relationship granny..

Manik ( shouted ): Kya..kaha..kaha hai wo..

Nandini ( palmed her face ): Wo yaha nahi hai..

He glared at her and she was no less in it..

Manik: Tho tumne uske naam kyu liya ab..

Nandini: Mein tho tumhe samjha rahi thi ki Relationship Granny yaha nahi hai, isliye darne ke zaroorath nahi hai..

Manik ( scowled ): I'm not scared..okay..

Nandini ( sarcastically ): And, I believe it..

Manik: So, believe it. I don't care if you don't believe also..

She ignored him and closed her eyes but then heard some kind of whispers. She opened her eyes again to see him chanting something and opening his eyes every now and then while gazing at the curtain..

Nandini ( sighed ): Wo hawa ke wajah se hil rahe hai, Grumpy coffee..

Manik ( frowned ): You didn't close the window..??

Nandini: Nope. Fresh air is good for health..

Manik ( glared ): Ab tujhe health ki padi hai, you just returned after meeting a ghost..

Nandini ( glared ): Tho kisne kaha tha tumse waha aane keliye, mein ye sab mein yakeen nahi karthi thi par tum tho darthe ho na..kya zaroorath the apne aapko darane keliye..

Manik: Kya zaroorath the..?? Ek tho mein ithna darr gaya tha ki tum kaha gayi hogi ithni raath ko, agar kuch hojathe tho..par nahi, tum tho kisike barein mein sochthi hi nahi..sirf apne barein mein sochthi ho..

But, she didn't hear anything. All she heard was..

" Agar kuch hojatha tho.."

That line was just ringing in her ears and she was staring at him without blinking her eyes. She knew he was scared to lose her, maybe she took herself as a habit of him, but she didn't know that he cared for her..

He cared a lot for her..!!

And now she got something she always craved for..

Attention, from someone..!!

She always wanted it, because, according to her, when you get attention from someone, its because they care for you, they love you, they don't want to lose you, you matter a lot to them..!!

She knew she has a lot of attention from her Mruno and Choti and now when she got to know that she has her Grumpy Coffee's attention..

She felt only joy..!!

And something called..

Peace..!!

This just made her hear to flutter in happiness but she controlled it, like how she always mask her feelings behind that carefree Nandini..!!

She, simply moved closer to him and snuggled in his chest making him to halt his rants. He got shocked seeing herself moving closer to him. Let it be anything or anywhere, it was always him who tries to get close to her, and she never tried..

But, today..

She took a step..

She snuggled into him, just to sleep..!!

Nandini: I'm sorry okay, ab sojao..you're also tired..

She kept her palm over her eyes and closed them and took it back and held the strap of his T-shirt. While, his lips curved into a beautiful smile and he wrapped his arms around her to drift into his slumber but what he didn't notice was, this time, her face also broke into a smile..

A smile of content, when he wrapped her in his arms..!!

Maybe, something is changing in her too..!!

Next Day

" What all are these..?? " asked Nandini while entering inside a dusty room. She coughed and then wiped her nose and then turned to the person who was cleaning something, unaware of Nandini's presence and even her question..

Nandini: Choti...

That was when, Mukti turned to her but the moment her gaze fell on Nandini, she blinked her eyes innumerable times and faked a smile..

Mukti: Bhabi..aap yaha..kuch chahiye kya..??

Nandini: Haa, mein pooch rahi thi ki tum yaha kya kar rahi ho. As much as I'm watching the scenario, this seems to be an old room..

She walked to Mukti while gazing at the walls which had only photos, of Manik, cabir and their friends..

Mukti: Uh..kuch bhi tho nahi..It's just..an old room..Chalo, let's leave. I was just trying to clean them, par ho nahi paa rahi hoon..

She faked a smile again and held Nandini's hand and was about to move out when she was pulled back in her place..

Nandini: You were crying..??

Mukti stopped breathing for a second but then calmed herself down..

Mukti: Crying..?? Wh..Why would I, Bhabi..Mein tho bas..

Nandini ( smiled ): Jab tum kisise kuch chupana chahthe ho tho kar lo, usmein koi galathi nahi, par wo chupane ke chakkar mein hume apno se jhoot bolna nahi chahiye, acha nahi lagtha. And, I know that I do mean something to you..kyu..??

Mukti, smiled amidst her tears and nodded in yes making Nnaidni to smile..

Nandini: Chalo, I was here to call you for a gup-shup. Mruno and I are going out. As you know, everyone are still sleeping and mom has restricted us to enter kitchen because she's making something special for all of us..Isiliye, kyu na hum hum thoda outdoor cooking karle, masti bhi hojaega, mom ki help bhi kar sakthe hai..hmm..??

Mukti ( softly ): Only if you agree to listen to me..??

Nandini frowned but then nodded at her..

Mukti: Do you know what kind of room is this..?? Just check it out..

Nandini, roamed her eyes around, apart from the wall and her eyes twinkled in realizing what all things are kept around..

Nandini ( excitedly ): You play musical instruments..??

Mukti ( smiled sadly ): Nope..

Nandini frowned at her..

Mukti: Manik Bhai and Cabir Bhai used to do..!!

Nandini, looked at her in shock. While, Mukti smiled sadly and touched the guitar which was paced beside her..

Mukti: This is Manik Bhai's..Unka favorite guitar hai yeh. Dad ke gift that, when he passed 10th boards with first rank holder of India. And he was damn happy, he was..he was on the top of the world. Mera Bhai kabhi roya nahi, but he did, when he got this, that much, he loved music, it was a part of him. Though, he wanted to be a businessman, related to Automobiles, he loved music a lot. Unke kehna tha, jab bhi uske paas free time hai, then it will be given to his music. You know, he sings. He sings so beautifully. His voice, it was a gift for him by God. Aur mein yaha, unhe sunne keliye beithi thi. He and Cabir Bhai had a band, with Arijit Bhai, Abhi and Shravan. Cabir Bhai drummer tha, Arijit Bhai was an acoustic guitarist, Abhi was the keyboard player while Shravan was the electronic guitarist aur Bhai, the lead guitarist and singer. Their band was the most loved one. Shravan sabse chota tha but he knew guitar very well, isiliye they became a band, since school, they formed a band when Shravan was in 8th Std. YouTube se shuru kiya phir poore India jaane lage unhe. Everything was so beautiful.

Nandini, was only staring at Mukti. For the first time, she felt some kind of pain hearing Mukti.

Mukti ( teary eyed ): But, everything was lost, 2 years back, Bhai ka past, because of it..he stopped singing, playing guitar was his peace but he lost that too. According to him, that brings the worst of him. Bhai, never played music, Bhabi. I so wish I had that Bhai back in my life. I really do..

Nandini took Mukti in her embrace who was crying in her arms. She caressed her hairs lightly when she herself was in tears. She made Mukti to sit on a chair..

Nandini: Ek kahavat hai..sunoge..

Mukti nodded meekly..

Nandini: When you love someone dearly, you have to become selfish. Selfish to get his happiness. Your Bhai is broken right, but its your duty to get him back to where he belongs. Haa, thoda hatke hai tumhara Bhai, maanthi hoon, par patha hai, tumhe usse darna nahi chahiye, agar daroge tho wo aur hurt hojaega thinking that his little sister is scared of him. You will have to speak it out that how you wanted him back..karoge kya..

Mukti ( sighed ): I'm scared of him..

Nandini ( winked ): Tho kya hua..mein hoon na, I'll tackle him in my own way..

Mukti giggled hearing it while Nandini too smiled after seeing her..

Nandini: Waise, on one condition, i'll help ypou out..

Mukti: What..??

Nandini ( pleaded ): I want to hear him singing. I love music. If you have some videos, then can you please show it to me..Mein grumpy coffee se tumhara naam nahi loongi..

Mukti chuckled and got up and took something from a bag while Nandini stared at her in confusion..

Mukti: Ye hai videos..

She showed the CDs and Nandini smiled brightly. She ran to her and snatched it..

Nandini: Wow..I can't wait. Mein bhi tho sunu kithni meethi hai Grumpy Coffee ki aawaaz..

Mukti took it from her and played it on the projector which was connected to a mini laptop, which belonged to Mukti..

Mukti: Here comes, the great band called Fab 5..!!

Nandini sat and stared at the scree like a desperate child who was about to watch his favorite cartoon yet again..

Mukti ( smiled ): This was the song which Bhai composed when he was in 10th, when he started to dream about his dream girl..

Nandini ( frowned ): Dream girl..??

Mukti ( giggled ): It's a secret. Bhai, sirf 10th Std mein tha but he started to dream about a girl who used to come in his dream. Chehra kabhi dekha hi nahi but he used to dream about her every night..

Nandini ( muttered ): Mujhe tho kabhi dream nahi dekha aur yaha patha nahi kabse ye coffee wala koi stranger ko apne khwabon mein dekhthe hai..annoying kahi ka..

Mohabbat, ibadat, shikayat
Main jis-se karoon woh tum ho
Tumhi ho jaan-e-jaan
Ghuzarish ya khwaahish
Farmaish main jis-se karoon woh tum ho
Tumhi ho sathiya

( Nandini looked up after hearing his voice and she didn't know when she was lost in it. She felt like she was in some different world. She felt like there was none but only herself and her Grumpy Coffee )

Chehra tera maange aakhein meri o jaana

Teri mein kat'ta har din mera

( Nandini ( sighed dreamily ): I fell in love with his voice..)

Jaana ve, jaana ve

Mohabbat karte rehna re
Ho mausam chaahe kaisa bhi
Hamesha mera rehna re x (2)

Khayalon mein maine tujhko buna tha
Haqeekat mein mujhko tu mil gaya
Yehi soch ke main khud hairan hoon
Rab ko yeh kaise pata chal gaya

Likhi thi mukaddar mein
Chaahat teri oh jaana
Ke tu jahan mein mera ho hi gaya

Jaana ve, jaana ve
Mohabbat karte rehna re
Ho mausam chaahe kaisa bhi
Hamesha mera rehna re x (2)

Teri aarzu mein kabse jee raha tha

Teri justju thi mujhe bepanah
Nigahon se meri tu door na jaana
Baahon mein meri ghar hai tera

Meri har tamanna hai poori huyi oh jaana

Mehka hua hai har lamha mera

Jaana ve, jaana ve

Mohabbat karte rehna re
Ho mausam chaahe kaisa bhi
Hamesha mera rehna re x (2)

Jaana ve, jaana ve

Jaana ve

By the end of the song, Nandini wasn't in her world..

She was simply staring at Manik , whose face looked a lot happy. She could feel the depth of happiness in his face when he was singing. Like, she has never seen him this happy, maybe sometimes, when he's with her..

Nandini ( thought ): No matter what, now, Grumpy Coffee, I'm going to bring music back in your life..

But, she was also confused regarding why she was taking this much of effort just to make him happy. She was confused and she did what she was taught by her Ma..

" Whenever you're confused, take your Ma's favorite God's name first and then your Ma's name and then ask the question, your heart will guide you, on behalf of me.." said Nandini's Ma..

" Okay Ma.." said little Nandini..

Nandini ( thought ): Dear Aiyappa and my dear lovely Ma, Mrs. Ishita Murthy, I'm dead confused regarding my own situation. I'm confused, why am I doing this much for grumpy coffee. Contract mein, unke pehle wala beta chahiye Grand pa ko, and Grumpy coffee is getting better, music ko wapas lane keliye nahi bola na, phir bhi mein ye sab kar rahi hoon..kyu..

And her heart answered back or according to her, her Ma guided her..

Heart: It's because, finally I got my partner, my soulmate, my love..!!

Nandini opened her eyes in a jerk and sat still..

Nandini ( muttered ): Shit, Grumpy coffee is my Prince charming..

To be continued..